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you just need to play the role of ronald reagan. so the next time we talk about fiscal problems in america, i want a news conference where the president is center stage, not surrounded by political activists, surrounded by republicans and democrats who can celebrate accomplishing something that we should all be proud of. they tell me this is the least productive congress in the history of the nation. if it's not, i would hate to be in the one that was. we haven't done a whole lot up here. senator mccain, i know urve here a few years now. -- i know you have been here a few years now. what's your opinion of where we're going as a nation and how we get along with each other? mr. mccain: well, i would say to my friend, first of all, we have had some meetings of a bipartisan fashion to try and improve the process here so that we can move legislation forward. the issue before us i believe right now at nearly 3:00 p.m., nine hours from midnight, and we still have not reached an agreement, and the longer it takes for us to reach agreement,
you just need to play the role of ronald reagan. so the next time we talk about fiscal problems in america, i want a news conference where the president is center stage, not surrounded by political activists, surrounded by republicans and democrats who can celebrate accomplishing something that we should all be proud of. they tell me this is the least productive congress in the history of the nation. if it's not, i would hate to be in the one that was. we haven't done a whole lot up here....
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ronald reagan on policy, he's a close student of reagan, the politician, we know. and he knows that ronald reagan brought to the table in 1980 and again in 1984 when he ran and won by a landslide, was optimism, talking about the future. and you can see barack obama trying to do that. and you can also see, i think, mitt romney pivot, and pivot very strongly and say, listen, forget about what happened in the primary/caucus campaign. i'm pivoting to the future and i'm here to tell you that the future, i'm the best guy to lead the future. now, he will also try to demonize president obama. and the best thing the republicans have going for them, i know right now there are many people who think, oh, gosh, obama's going to win this election. my personal opinion is this election is going to be close. anybody who thinks that mitt romney or whoever it turns out to be as the republican candidate will be easy to beat in november has another thing coming. this should be a republican year. one question is whether the republicans this year will snatch defeat from the jaws of victo
ronald reagan on policy, he's a close student of reagan, the politician, we know. and he knows that ronald reagan brought to the table in 1980 and again in 1984 when he ran and won by a landslide, was optimism, talking about the future. and you can see barack obama trying to do that. and you can also see, i think, mitt romney pivot, and pivot very strongly and say, listen, forget about what happened in the primary/caucus campaign. i'm pivoting to the future and i'm here to tell you that the...
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reassessing ronald reagan. when i see bruce bartlett in and larry koret and other distinguished members in the administration say such intelligent things about the policy mystic today, i realize what's not make a cartoon out of the ronald reagan administration was different things we can learn but unfortunately, but the successor candidates and presidents learned from ronald reagan is don't make jimmy carter's mistake and say our energy addiction is a problem and we have to decide we're going to be a democracy or a power in the middle east. just keep smiling and saying we can do anything and there you go again. clinton and bush and obama, all the differences, we are living in an electoral democracy of the ronald reagan presidential template and the primary is looking to grab that template and obama says i have it over here. >> surely there is a question. was that controversy? >> we for the microphone. >> you can picture i don't disagree with it almost sounds like you are over with ron paul as the only solution.
reassessing ronald reagan. when i see bruce bartlett in and larry koret and other distinguished members in the administration say such intelligent things about the policy mystic today, i realize what's not make a cartoon out of the ronald reagan administration was different things we can learn but unfortunately, but the successor candidates and presidents learned from ronald reagan is don't make jimmy carter's mistake and say our energy addiction is a problem and we have to decide we're going...
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here in california, the system was free until ronald reagan. we've seen college tuition costs double and triple. so it's a long-term story that kind of culminates in the crash of 2008 when things really fell apart. he's trying to make people understand that this is not something that just started. >> i guess what i'm asking is even if americans buy into that portion of the logic, at this stage of the election, aren't they looking for more that's forward looking? john feehery, i guess i'm making your argument for you. >> the big problem i have with this argument, well, i have a lot of problems with the argument, first of all, george bush is not on the ballot, president obama is. how has the president done and what is his vision for the next four years? this is a curious time to blame george bush. it's a long end to his administration. he could have made that the first year, but this is three and a half years into his administration. and job growth has been so stagnant and remarkably lousy that i just don't think it works with most voters. i know
here in california, the system was free until ronald reagan. we've seen college tuition costs double and triple. so it's a long-term story that kind of culminates in the crash of 2008 when things really fell apart. he's trying to make people understand that this is not something that just started. >> i guess what i'm asking is even if americans buy into that portion of the logic, at this stage of the election, aren't they looking for more that's forward looking? john feehery, i guess i'm...
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president obama doesn't have much in common with ronald reagan. the difference between the two men is fairly simple. was a long to spread the wealth. the other to spread freedom. in my book "scorpions for breakfast" i tell of my meeting with president obama in the oval office. one 9 look him in the eye and i told him i didn't want to talk about his so-called comprehensive immigration reform. our border with out of control. i stand here today aiming to make a case on the subject of america's border with mexico and immigration policy. i know my words will be distorted by those who disagree. my opponents have already painted me as hardest and and compassionate. they are wrong. my record, my life, how long the critics are. it has nothing to do with skin color, nothing to do with extremism. instead it is rooted in freedom. it shares the spirit of our founding fathers request to form a more perfect union leaders will establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of l
president obama doesn't have much in common with ronald reagan. the difference between the two men is fairly simple. was a long to spread the wealth. the other to spread freedom. in my book "scorpions for breakfast" i tell of my meeting with president obama in the oval office. one 9 look him in the eye and i told him i didn't want to talk about his so-called comprehensive immigration reform. our border with out of control. i stand here today aiming to make a case on the subject of...
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no, i'm ronald reagan. no, i'm ronald reagan. >> i think it matters because they want to say, mirror mirror on the wall who's the most conservative and the true conservative of them all. but what jeb bush said to you before i think is something that ronald reagan would agree with. and that is, you know what, you guys are arguing with each other this way and you're giving the democrats all kinds of ammunition. and it's not the way the party needs to present itself to the american public if you want to win an election. and i think that's what ronald reagan would say. >> i don't want to suggest any drinking games but maybe just a game. we'll count how many times ronald reagan gets mentioned in the debate tonight. our chief political analyst gloria borger. mitt romney's campaign acknowledged tonight it's look over discrepancies between the former massachusetts governor's tax returns and his federal disclosure forms. -- 23 funds in partnerships that were not explicitly listed in a financial disclosure form he fi
no, i'm ronald reagan. no, i'm ronald reagan. >> i think it matters because they want to say, mirror mirror on the wall who's the most conservative and the true conservative of them all. but what jeb bush said to you before i think is something that ronald reagan would agree with. and that is, you know what, you guys are arguing with each other this way and you're giving the democrats all kinds of ammunition. and it's not the way the party needs to present itself to the american public if...
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, the one glaring difference is ronald reagan raised taxes 11 times, in fact. the tax equity and fiscal responsibility act of 1982. the highway revenue act of 1982. the social security amendments of 1983. the railroad retirement revenue act of 1983. the deficit reduction act of 1984. the consolidated omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1985. the omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1986. the superfund amendments and reauthorization act of 1986. the continuing resolution for 1987. the omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1987 and the continuing resolution for 1988. that was the longest intro i have had since this show began. nicolle, it gave you plenty of time to think perhaps of the answer to this question, which is if mitt romney is a republican in the model of ronald reagan, do you think he will raise taxes? >> i want to go back to what you said about jeb bush, because what jeb bush was saying wasn't that reagan was too moderate to be a republican by today's standard. it was that he was too productive. what reagan did, and that list was a list of legislative
, the one glaring difference is ronald reagan raised taxes 11 times, in fact. the tax equity and fiscal responsibility act of 1982. the highway revenue act of 1982. the social security amendments of 1983. the railroad retirement revenue act of 1983. the deficit reduction act of 1984. the consolidated omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1985. the omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1986. the superfund amendments and reauthorization act of 1986. the continuing resolution for 1987. the omnibus...
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reagan the name national airport in washington after ronald reagan he was turned into this kind of like conic figure this hero and there was very important for the republicans that in effect they wanted their version of john kennedy and they and they use ronald reagan to sort of build their own fire brand if you will so i think that was that was a factor that people came away in the conventional wisdom was that ronald reagan was a nice guy trying to do the right thing. the evidence may not match that but that's the that's the sort of the hangover of this period that's what people think that's the conventional wisdom so i think given that there's been a desire to sort of shove aside some of the unpleasant history about ronald reagan and just look at the good side very interesting robert thank you so much for coming on the show that was of robert perry investigative journalist for consortium news dot com. point turned out to the crisis in syria where there is seemingly no end in sight as things western media outlets are racing to place the blame on damascus for the bloodshed while turning
reagan the name national airport in washington after ronald reagan he was turned into this kind of like conic figure this hero and there was very important for the republicans that in effect they wanted their version of john kennedy and they and they use ronald reagan to sort of build their own fire brand if you will so i think that was that was a factor that people came away in the conventional wisdom was that ronald reagan was a nice guy trying to do the right thing. the evidence may not...
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>> well, we know what ronald reagan did because he did it in 1986. he had a big study done by the treasury department and they made a lot of recommendations and sent them to capitol hill and they discussed it and they ended up lowering the top tax rate from 50% to 28% but among other things he raised the capital gains rate from 20% to 28% because ronald reagan said he ought to treat capital gains, income from capital, the same as labor, and i think that's an idea that is really pretty off the table today. >> jon: so would ronald reagan be too liberal for today's republican party in terms of financial policy? >> i don't think there's any questions qe. everybody forgets although he cut taxes his first year he raise the them almost every other year of his presidency, 11 different times. >> jon: because he was-- and i think we boast admit now-- a communist ( laughter ) i mean, we would both agree-- how is it that one of the biggest obstacles to tax reform in this country is a group called americans for tax reform? >> that's a very interesting question. g
>> well, we know what ronald reagan did because he did it in 1986. he had a big study done by the treasury department and they made a lot of recommendations and sent them to capitol hill and they discussed it and they ended up lowering the top tax rate from 50% to 28% but among other things he raised the capital gains rate from 20% to 28% because ronald reagan said he ought to treat capital gains, income from capital, the same as labor, and i think that's an idea that is really pretty off...
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bush's campaign manager against ronald reagan in the fight for the nomination in 1980, and yet ronald reagan asked me to be his white house chief of staff. somebody explain that to me. [ laughter ] and we were sitting in the white house just reflecting on a lot of these events. i said, you know, mr. president, if president ford had asked you to come on the ticket with him in 1976, it's my opinion he would have been elected. we would have won that election, 10,000 votes would not have been a problem. and you might never have been president. and he said that's probably right. he said but i will tell you this, jim. if the president had asked me to take that position, i would have felt duty-bound to do it. now, that's not totally consistent with what the reagan campaign told the ford campaign in 1976 when we said let's have a unity meeting, and the reagan campaign said we'll have a unity meeting provided you won't ask governor reagan to be on the ticket. and we said okay, because president ford didn't want to ask him to be on the ticket. and reagan didn't want to be on the ticket. [ laugh
bush's campaign manager against ronald reagan in the fight for the nomination in 1980, and yet ronald reagan asked me to be his white house chief of staff. somebody explain that to me. [ laughter ] and we were sitting in the white house just reflecting on a lot of these events. i said, you know, mr. president, if president ford had asked you to come on the ticket with him in 1976, it's my opinion he would have been elected. we would have won that election, 10,000 votes would not have been a...
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ronald reagan is also involved. talking points and brit hume will sort it all out. >> you just -- he sprinted out of nowhere. people are screaming to get down and he had the gun up and he was running and chasing a kid outside. >> so he was specifically chasing down one kid. >> it looked like it. >> bill: a brutal school shooting in ohio leaves one student dead. four others wounded. why did it happen? we'll have a special report. >> is bill o'reilly fair and balanced? >> i'm going to stay out of the fight with bill. >> bill: jesse watters occupying the academy awards. it wasn't pretty. >> trying to be the next bill o'reilly? that's not a good look for you, son. >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. jfk, ronald reagan and rick santorum. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. saturday i was with dennis miller in santa barbara and had the opportunity to se
ronald reagan is also involved. talking points and brit hume will sort it all out. >> you just -- he sprinted out of nowhere. people are screaming to get down and he had the gun up and he was running and chasing a kid outside. >> so he was specifically chasing down one kid. >> it looked like it. >> bill: a brutal school shooting in ohio leaves one student dead. four others wounded. why did it happen? we'll have a special report. >> is bill o'reilly fair and...
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he was using that story as a way of praising ronald reagan. i want no more national security meetings over the next 100 days. wasn't that great he did that? this is sort of amazing. the idea that a president could opt out of working on foreign policy. say, that's not my area of focus. i need to focus on something else. when mitt romney suggested in july to those donors that that would be his approach as president, even mr. romney's supporters on the right got mad at him for saying that. a former george bush speech writer saying, the fact he thought it would be desirable to ignore the world for 100 days is troubling. the fact that romney is recounting this anecdote does not reflect his understanding of the job he's campaigning for. there's no foreign policy subject on which i agree with either of those guys. they are absolutely the opposite end of the number line for me in terms of what i think america should do in the world. but even though i would agree with these guys on nothing else, on this, yeah, duh, i think we can agree that foreign pol
he was using that story as a way of praising ronald reagan. i want no more national security meetings over the next 100 days. wasn't that great he did that? this is sort of amazing. the idea that a president could opt out of working on foreign policy. say, that's not my area of focus. i need to focus on something else. when mitt romney suggested in july to those donors that that would be his approach as president, even mr. romney's supporters on the right got mad at him for saying that. a...
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ronald reagan did this. ronald reagan did this in 1983 for social security. it's the only solution. it's going to have to happen again and it will happen again the fight is going to come on how much for spending restraint and how much for revenue increases. and one other thing president reagan was right about when he said the american people are not undertaxed, we overspend and that's true. and i think there's been some recognition, i hope there's been, in this current administration that the spending cuts are going to have to exceed the revenue increases. >> rose: most people believe, that i think. they would even do 3-1, perhaps. >> i think so, too. >> rose: but on the platform of all the republican candidates they offered 10-1 and nobody was opposed to it. >> but charlie you know why they did that? because there's no spending restraint. revenue increases without spending restraint don't get you there. revenue increases with spending restraint will reduce your deficit and debt. if you don't reduce spending at the same time you go for revenue increases something like rudman-holling
ronald reagan did this. ronald reagan did this in 1983 for social security. it's the only solution. it's going to have to happen again and it will happen again the fight is going to come on how much for spending restraint and how much for revenue increases. and one other thing president reagan was right about when he said the american people are not undertaxed, we overspend and that's true. and i think there's been some recognition, i hope there's been, in this current administration that the...
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in some ways ronald reagan was a bigger part of that story than we would have guessed because we first meet him in 1947. huang before his presidency. as we dug deeper and deeper into reagan's relationship with the club he had seen fdr and had gone to a truman 100 in kansas city when he was still a democrat and would then be taken under the wing of ike when he was beginning his political career as a republican. i was struck by how is -- when we were coming up the driveway he saw over and over again all the presidents which is a reminder every person who served the commander in chief sees himself as part of a bigger club. let me enhance the picture. this was on the cover of time two or three weeks ago. it had never been published before and we were thrilled to put it on the cover. it really began a long time before george w. bush, barack obama and bill clinton with their to pick up the torch. it begins -- what year would you say? >> it begins when the president is in need of some serious help. that is what it would take to bring together such an unlikely partnership as harry truman and h
in some ways ronald reagan was a bigger part of that story than we would have guessed because we first meet him in 1947. huang before his presidency. as we dug deeper and deeper into reagan's relationship with the club he had seen fdr and had gone to a truman 100 in kansas city when he was still a democrat and would then be taken under the wing of ike when he was beginning his political career as a republican. i was struck by how is -- when we were coming up the driveway he saw over and over...
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she sent me a really cool portrait of ronald reagan because she knew i was a big ronald reagan fan. i sent her a teddy bear. i forget how i dressed it up but i sent her a vermont teddy bear and she accused me of not paying for it which was not true. i did pay for it. one of the heads at media matters is on stephanie miller's program. they have a radio outlet they've co-opted. they have nbc and a whole cable channel they write the programming for and the scripts for and now they do the same thing with stephanie miller on her radio program. >> okay. so you're just an arm of media matters. [ ♪ hypnotic ♪ ] >> stephanie: i'm so easily manipulated. i have been co-opted. take me, media matters. >> in all fairness -- >> stephanie: you did not pay for that vermont teddy bear. what do you think i was born yesterday? >> stephanie doesn't pay for vermont teddy bears. she knows how it works. >> stephanie: does he think i fell off the radio turnip truck yesterday sean hannity? >> here are some flowers. oh please. >> did i type stephanie in the box. >> do you have carbonite yet? stop it, sean
she sent me a really cool portrait of ronald reagan because she knew i was a big ronald reagan fan. i sent her a teddy bear. i forget how i dressed it up but i sent her a vermont teddy bear and she accused me of not paying for it which was not true. i did pay for it. one of the heads at media matters is on stephanie miller's program. they have a radio outlet they've co-opted. they have nbc and a whole cable channel they write the programming for and the scripts for and now they do the same...
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four under ronald reagan we had the right job when i became speaker we went back to the ronald reagan playbook i worked with ronald reagan in the early one nine hundred eighty s. and that's just a fraction of newt's reagan name drops as nate silver over the new york times coded newt gingrich is mentioned reagan's name fifty five times in the republican debate so far averaging three mentions per debate no other candidate comes even close santorum for example has only mentioned reagan fourteen times. gingrich has now surged to the top of the field following his race baiting strategy in south carolina a strategy i might add that helped reagan in one thousand nine hundred eighty when he went to philadelphia mississippi where three civil rights were workers were murdered to kick off his presidential campaign to talk about states' rights a dog whistle to races southerners but now with newt at the top of the field the republican establishment is turning on him and guess whose name is being invoked to criticize newt ronald reagan on wednesday the conservative national review online published
four under ronald reagan we had the right job when i became speaker we went back to the ronald reagan playbook i worked with ronald reagan in the early one nine hundred eighty s. and that's just a fraction of newt's reagan name drops as nate silver over the new york times coded newt gingrich is mentioned reagan's name fifty five times in the republican debate so far averaging three mentions per debate no other candidate comes even close santorum for example has only mentioned reagan fourteen...
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think about ronald reagan, a comparable time in his reelection, and it is historically the lowest since the second world war. that is the reason that the jobs problem is going to remain stagnant between now and election day. >> look at the election of 1952. harry truman is seen as a great president, and if you look back at that time, all these trivial scandals. >> and a lot of people hated them. newt gingrich prepares to leave the ring. >> we will be in camp as the nominee in august -- tampa as the nominee in august. >> didn't work out that way. if you don't believe in yourself, nina, who else is going to? >> some people believe in newt. he has been down and out before, and he comes back with a great pontificating life and makes a fortune while he does it, i suspect he will do it one more time. >> newt is always on the fine line between a visionary and fool. but you know, he has been a visionary before, so he could come back. >> not at the presidential level. he is not cut out for that job. but he is smart, talented, and often has good ideas. i would like to see him as u.n. ambassador.
think about ronald reagan, a comparable time in his reelection, and it is historically the lowest since the second world war. that is the reason that the jobs problem is going to remain stagnant between now and election day. >> look at the election of 1952. harry truman is seen as a great president, and if you look back at that time, all these trivial scandals. >> and a lot of people hated them. newt gingrich prepares to leave the ring. >> we will be in camp as the nominee in...
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he pays a courtesy call on ronald reagan. they have brief conversations about things every president or would would-be president agree on like line-item veto and the need for a tighter budget and at one point clinton asks the question, any other advice from a? president reagan says the first thing you have got to do is you have to get to camp david. you have to get out of that building. it's good for the soul to get out into the mountains. it was advised that clinton really didn't take until he realized a year or two into his presidency that he needed to get out of the house. the other thing president reagan had been watching president clinton during the campaign and found a little wimpy was john was too kind to say, but it was not a sharp crisp salute. president reagan having been in the military he also played many roles of military and clinton as i understand asked reagan to show him how to do it. the two men actually had a brief saluting clinic they are in the century plaza office of the president and it reminded me that
he pays a courtesy call on ronald reagan. they have brief conversations about things every president or would would-be president agree on like line-item veto and the need for a tighter budget and at one point clinton asks the question, any other advice from a? president reagan says the first thing you have got to do is you have to get to camp david. you have to get out of that building. it's good for the soul to get out into the mountains. it was advised that clinton really didn't take until he...
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i liked ronald reagan. i respected ronald reagan. i disagreed with his policies. this is the obama derangement syndrome. that you just heard. word for word. the idea that president obama admits that he experimented with drugs, the only difference between him and george w. bush is he admits him and george w. bush denied it and the media let him get away with it. look what obama has accomplished in his lifetime and look at his policies as president and tell me where you disagree with him rather than, which this guy just did. that's the book. go after him personally. they can't -- they cannot help themselves.
i liked ronald reagan. i respected ronald reagan. i disagreed with his policies. this is the obama derangement syndrome. that you just heard. word for word. the idea that president obama admits that he experimented with drugs, the only difference between him and george w. bush is he admits him and george w. bush denied it and the media let him get away with it. look what obama has accomplished in his lifetime and look at his policies as president and tell me where you disagree with him rather...
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so, too, would ronald reagan, competing in this republican party. i think it does exist in both parties. the national journal has documented the hyper partisanship that exists in the senate among democrats and republicans. >> i appreciate you saying he expanded on. the reality is michael, that ronald reagan would not fit in the republican party as it is today. that's what he said in his initial comment. grover norquist called it bizarre. one blogger saying a steaming pile of nonsense. then we get the follow-up twitter. why isn't that a backtrack? we talk about the troubles of the party today. >> because in the follow-up twitter, he doesn't retract any of those statements. he expands upon them. i don't hear where he is taking back anything that he offered. the fact it is coming from jeb bush makes him upset. >> he does go on both sides are doing this. at the time, he was focused in -- we were talking about women's issues. we might relate to each other as a woman and some of the things apply to men. he was talking about the problem in his quote/unquot
so, too, would ronald reagan, competing in this republican party. i think it does exist in both parties. the national journal has documented the hyper partisanship that exists in the senate among democrats and republicans. >> i appreciate you saying he expanded on. the reality is michael, that ronald reagan would not fit in the republican party as it is today. that's what he said in his initial comment. grover norquist called it bizarre. one blogger saying a steaming pile of nonsense....
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i had my piece on ronald reagan, and that was like having george w. bush in office. reagan would say crazy stuff, off the cuff stuff. he was great to draw. i kind of miss reagan for different reasons than you. >> we have a question a dented the front. >> i am curious. you said your sometimes considered too political. what does that mean? >> i was talking to in terms of a daily comic strip. we have that issue where, if you have a political comic strip, people will segregate it in another section on the opinion page. or in the l.a. times right under a comic. just being a latino and a minority cartoonist, there are not that many of us. almost like anything i say can be considered too political because people want me to shut up. >> i do a political comic strip as well called prickley city. i would challenge you to find another one. >> it is interesting a french someone. challenged someon [laughter] >> i did not say i would surrender. >> talk to us about prickley city. >> it came as a reaction to lacoocaracha. i thought i could do better. and so i was living in the southw
i had my piece on ronald reagan, and that was like having george w. bush in office. reagan would say crazy stuff, off the cuff stuff. he was great to draw. i kind of miss reagan for different reasons than you. >> we have a question a dented the front. >> i am curious. you said your sometimes considered too political. what does that mean? >> i was talking to in terms of a daily comic strip. we have that issue where, if you have a political comic strip, people will segregate it...